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UAA student veteran: 'You want what's best for the team'

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Bryan Box fought for nearly three years in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now, he helms Student Veterans of UAA and finds purpose and fulfillment in reaching out to homeless veterans and helping his community.

SHCC: Guiding UAA's students toward health and knowledge

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UAA's Student Health and Counseling Center helps students get well so they can focus on attaining an education. It recently won an award for its other mission: helping nursing students learn to care for patients.

Community Spotlight: Ryan Air

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Alaska Native-owned Ryan Air is a third-generation family business that looks to both their family tree and the wide network of UAA alumni to staff their operations in 73 villages across Western Alaska.

Feeling at home under the hood

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Want to merge your love for cars with technical and academic expertise? UAA's automotive technology classes help students carve their own career niches.

Creating a ‘welcoming community’

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Dr. Jeff Hou, a landscape architect, creative placemaker, author and department chair from University of Washington will share some cross-cultural community design success stories as this year's ENGAGE Week keynote speaker. You're invited to join the discussions.

Aviation road trip

UAA's New P2006 Twin

Like any good road trip, UAA pilot Ash Burrill programmed the GPS, stopped at small town gas stations and found end-of-the-day motels to call it a night. But instead of a road-weary sedan or VW bus, he was flying UAA's newest plane back from Virginia on a five-day cross-continent trek through the clouds.

Helping refugees toward a new, safer life in Anchorage

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An upcoming CCEL Think Tank seeks to find new ways to help refugees adjust to a place with a different language and different culture.

Creating real-world-relevant education

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UAA, the Associated General Contractors of Alaska and other construction organizations have formed a connection that's infusing the industry with fresh expertise—construction managers as skilled with the latest computer technology as they are with levels, drills, saws and hammers.

Remembering Marvell Johnson

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Last Friday, a crowd gathered in Rasmuson Hall to remember a colleague and friend, Marvell Johnson, who worked at UAA for 34 years. "He was a big man with a big heart and an even bigger smile," said Chris Turletes.

Frank Jeffries: Get the salary you want

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Frank Jeffries, a professor of business administration, teaches negotiation to undergraduates, graduates and at a new professional three-day workshop for the Center for Corporate and Professional Development at UAA's Business Enterprise Institute.

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